Word: failings
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...proper support was not given the Advocate to insure its success. Then came the news that the Lampoon was in a similarly crippled condition. Such a condition of affairs as this is entirely uncalled for, and should not be endured. That the two oldest publications of the university should fail through the apathy of the students to support them, is by no means a flattering complaint to Harvard enterprise. It cannot be allowed to continue. It must be seen that success in a college publication is entirely dependent upon the interest manifested in it by the college. However talented...
...with some feeling of satisfaction that we note the announcement in the University Calendar of this week, of a lecture on the Harvard Library, and the methods of using it, Absurd as it may seem, it is nevertheless true that many freshmen fail to make use of their library privileges, simply through a reluctance to make the enquiries necessary to find out the system on which books are to be drawn. After one has thoroughly learned the steps which must be taken to secure books, he is still often hampered by a certain unfamiliarity with the card catalogue system...
...present the incoming classes come to Cambridge with a superficial knowledge of the natural sciences which enables them, it is true, to pass their entrance examinations, but which falls far short of any desirable standard. This state of affairs is attributable to the fact that the preparatory schools fail to make adequate provisions for a thorough study of these branches. It is now proposed to compel the candidates for admission to obtain a suitable "fit," by demanding a laboratory examination in addition to the usual written examination. The men would, moreover, be required to hand in note-books containing full...
...first place we doubt the advisability of elementary instruction in any language being given by native teachers; it is impossible for them to appreciate the difficulties which the learner encounters, and they are therefore apt to give long lessons, and to fail to explain what are really the difficult idioms and constructions. Of the courses open to Sophomores, German I is intended to give some practice in writing and speaking the language as well as in translating it. The instructor has worked hard and conscientiously, but has failed to arouse enthusiasm on account of the unfortunate choice of text-books...
...such work in England. And though since then better scholars have occasionally done excellent translations which have appeared in Mr. Bohn's various series, yet much the larger number of "Bohn's" translations are comparatively worthless; and it is astonishing that readers with any literary training themselves can fail to see this-to feel it, even when they do not know the originals; just as one can tell whether a portrait is a likeness or not without seeing the person...